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All 15 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under public-private partnership (PPP) mode will soon be allowed to award degrees to their students. In this regard, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar...
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, newly designated UN Peace Messenger said that in second life, she got after extremists unsuccessful attempt to kill her, she will be working for education especially of girls and hoping boys will advocate...
The Central Government has introduced a bill, seeking to amend the Right to Education Act, in the Lok Sabha. The new amendment will allow elementary teachers to get minimum qualifications as mandated in the act till...
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will take action against all the engineering colleges that are not maintaining the prescribed student-faculty ratio. “Colleges not maintaining prescribed faculty-student ratio shall be liable to punitive actions including...
The proposed Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh is expected to start functioning from 2019-20. According to the Health & Family Welfare Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Jomde Ken,...
Central Government is planning to link all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) with rural development processes under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA). The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj...
In order to curb the corruption in assessment and grading of higher education institutions, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has asked the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to of the accreditation process completely...
Schools around the globe are using innovative methods effectively to support teaching and to ensure better learning among students, writes James Neill, International Director, GL Education for Elets News Network (ENN). His association with various schools...
IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) is expected to introduce the MBBS course in its medical college by 2020-21. In the first phase of its construction, the hospital and ancillary building were getting ready, while in the second phase, residential...
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Paint Association (IPA). Under the MoU IIEST will conduct a masters programme in Coating Sciences and Technology from...
Department of Science and Technology has granted a fund of Rs 14.43 crore to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to set up an interdisciplinary centre for cyber-security and cyber defence. The department has sanctioned the...
If students are found “glued” 24/7 /365 days to their mobile devices, why is it necessary for schools to teach digital literacy? Who should teach it? … what does it even mean to be “digitally literate”?...